CAMERAS could be fitted in an affluent Birmingham suburb to watch street drinkers.

There have been a barrage of complaints about gangs of troublesome drunks in and around the centre of Moseley Village for months.

A couple were spotted having sex among gravestones in St Mary’s 600-year-old churchyard and residents have been subjected to a torrent of abuse when visiting Moseley private park.

Locals attending a police tasking meeting gave their overwhelming support to plans which would see a Domehawk-style camera installed around the church yard area.

Police said the footage would be used retrospectively and any evidence collected would prove vital in future legal proceedings.

However Councillor Ernie Hendricks (Lib Dem Moseley and Kings Heath) strongly recommended that the camera proposal is put through community forums to engage wider public opinion.

Christine Williams, who takes care of Moseley Park, said there had been 21 incidents recorded in their log during the last month, and an electronic key system had also been recently vandalised.

Ms Williams said: “A welder was supposed to come and do some work on one of our vehicles and he found it so intimidating, he went away.

“Another time, there was a group outside the main gate who were being aggressive. Some teachers were leading a group of nursery school children in the park and they wanted to come out and couldn’t because they were scared to.”

Sgt Tracie Wharton, from Birmingham East local police unit, said they had been monitoring the situation and is appeared from their intelligence that the drunks were getting their sober friends to purchase the alcohol on their behalf.

Warning letters have been sent to known individuals and residents are invited to report specific coincidence to the police and members of Birmingham’s Anti-Social Behaviour Unit from 2pm to 8pm on July 13 and 14 at Woodbridge Road Policing Station.